“If we do that, it means lower costs – career people leave, more non-careers come in. Much of that will be attrition, but I don’t know if we can do that fast enough.”-Patrick Donahoe, Postmaster General
The U.S. Postal Service is being forced to lay off so many postal workers that it’s asking […] Continue Reading…
President Obama’s budget chief Jacob Lew has ordered government agencies to submit budgets that are at least 5% less than the past fiscal year’s budgets.
It was also suggested that the different government agencies find ways to cut another 10% through out the next fiscal year. This is part of the Debt Limit Deal (Budget […] Continue Reading…
A new survey shows that most U.S. citizens on Medicare don’t realize just how much they’re paying out of their own pocket.
The study looked at “specialty tier” drugs under the Part D prescription drug plan. Specialty tier drugs are mainly expensive name brand drugs.
At least half the people surveyed thought only a co-pay was […] Continue Reading…
The European Union has banned the importation of oil from Syria. This is supposed to hurt Syria, but it will only hurt Europe.
90% (some sources say 95%) of the oil that comes from Syria, goes to Europe, so you can see it will only hurt Europe. Unless this is part of some conspiracy to […] Continue Reading…
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told the Stars & Stripes newspaper that Iraq has agreed to extend U.S. military presence beyond the 2011 deadline.
Iraqi officials responded with: “We have not yet agreed on the issue of keeping training forces, the negotiations are ongoing, and these negotiations have not been finalized.”-Ali Mussawi, advisor to Iraqi […] Continue Reading…
Live reporters in Gaza say all Palestinian factions have united and are retaliating against Israeli air strikes by launching rockets into Israel.
Officially Israel says they’ve launched 4 air strikes against Gaza, but live reporters said they counted at least 15 air strikes.
For the second time in less than two days, Israel has attacked Egyptian troops on the Gaza border. One soldier was killed, another is in a coma.
The first attack left at least three Egyptian troops dead.
Israeli officials have been heard saying they do not consider the border with Egypt “safe” and that they will […] Continue Reading…
“They see the rise of China, the rise of India, the rise of the Soviet Union and our loss militarily going forward.”-Michele Bachmann, presidential candidate
The rise of the Soviet Union!?!
In an interview by Christian radio host Jay Sekulow, Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann said the greatest enemy of the United States is still…the Soviet […] Continue Reading…
“Working hard, eight hours, we have no opportunity to speak at work. If I speak, my supervisor comes to me and says, ‘Don’t speak anymore, or I’ll send you home.'”-Yana Brenzey, 19, of Ukraine, foreign exchange student
August 19, foreign college students are protesting in Palmyra, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, saying the U.S. State […] Continue Reading…
Reports from Cairo saying Egyptians have surrounded the Israeli embassy, demanding the Israeli ambassador leave. Israeli planes bombed Egyptian forces on the Gaza border. Three Egyptians were killed.